Galileo Galilei

If an engine can be a hybrid, why not a book? "A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos" (Walker), the new work by science writer Dava Sobel, author of "Longitude" (1995) and "Galileo's Daughter" (2000) is half-narrative, half-drama — and it's all enthralling, all illuminating. As in her previous bestselling books, Sobel, scheduled to visit the Chicago area Oct. 20 (details below), turns the history of science into a great story filled with fascinating characters, excruciating near-misses and the sudden splendor of the new discovery. Nicolaus Copernicus was the man who figured out that the sun, not the earth, is at the...

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If an engine can be a hybrid, why not a book?
"A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos" (Walker), the new work by science writer Dava Sobel, author of "Longitude" (1995) and "Galileo's Daughter"...